Sixty-five percent of 1,000 U.S. workers surveyed by Michelle McQuaid, a workplace author, said that they would rather have a better boss than a pay raise.
McQuaid's survey also found that only 36 percent of U.S. workers surveyed were happy at work while 38 percent described their boss as "great," and 42 percent said that their bosses don't work hard. Nearly 20 percent even said that their boss has little or no integrity.
Other researchers have found that American workers are not happy. Three in four say that their immediate boss is the worst part of their job, according to psychologist Robert Hogan. And 41 percent of U.S. workers say they are stressed during the workday, according to a survey by the American Psychological Association released in March.
